There's a time and a place for taking a selfie and a shot posted to Instagram by professional photographer Kristof Ramon has led to a young Irish cyclist with the Nicolas Roche Performance Team development squad learning that lesson the hard way. Ramon's camera captured David McCarthy taking a selfie with an exhausted Marcel Kittel after the Giant-Shimano sprinter had collapsed to the ground after winning Stage 3 of the Giro d’Italia in Dublin on Sunday.
McCarthy has apologised to Kittel after Ramon's picture went viral once being posted to Instagram resulting in predictable levels of online vitriol being heaped upon the young Irishman for the inappropriateness of his actions. Kittel had just celebrated his birthday by taking his second Giro stage win in as many days.
Ramon’s photo was later posted side by side on Twitter by Cycling Flash with McCarthy’s own selfie, with Kittel’s face showing what appears to be a mixture of incredulity and offence.
Some people commenting on the photo seemed to assume it was taken in the aftermath of a crash, although in fact it was after Kittel had sealed his stage win.
This morning, Nicolas Roche posted a message on Twitter on behalf of McCarthy in which he apologised to Kittel and anyone else offended by his selfie.
McCarthy posted a number of other selfies taken at the Giro Big Start to his own Instagram feed, including ones with Tinkoff-Saxo owner Oleg Tinkov, and team manager Bjarne Riis.
For Kittel, Sunday's win marked his last particpation in the race, which resumed in Italy today with a stage to Bari.
After his victories in Belfast on Saturday and Dublin the following day, his withdrawal from the race this morning due to a fever denies him the chance of going for the distinction of winning three consecutive Grand Tour stages in three different countries.
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You too are a cock if all you can mention is someone else's correction of poor grammar (not spelling) - a pet peeve of many - in a forum debate and call them a cock for it...after all you're not adding anything useful to the debate either...sucks to be you, eh!
As if my point needed further reinforcement.
Did you stop to think for a second that somebody might be dyslexic or have a learning difficulty?
As previously stated - cock.
@ chrisp1973
I could continue to quote back and forth to reinforce my point/opinion and continue to name call for the 'sake of being a petty c*nt' - much like yourself chrisp1973 - who started the name calling/argument, when in fact it had not even been directed at you, or involved you in any way up to that point - but as a champion of the underdog, you took it upon yourself to stick your nose in...you obviously troll the interweb as much as me looking for a keyboard fight
- but I'll be a better man and not continue to be baited (after this last reply) as it really has nothing to do with the original thread.
Suffice to say the misconception that you - chrisp1973- seem to have that someone with a poor grasp of the usage of the word 'of' when it should in fact be 'have' has nothing to do with dyslexia or learning difficulties..unless you count being grammatically incorrect as a learning difficulty.
So trot on and annoy someone else with more time to play verbal insult tennis.
Apologies to the original poster/story writer and others that have been affected/offended by this shite (except chrisp1973 obviously)...feel free to delete/etc as appropriate...
I don't go looking for a keyboard fight and I'm not a troll.
When somebody, "a petty c**t" such as you, feels the need to belittle others by picking up on grammar and the like when it doesn't warrant it or detract from what the individual is trying to get across I do get annoyed.
I imagine you were bullied at school or were a bit of a dullard and your Microsoft software allows you to make amends for all that stupidity years ago, move on, you'll feel better.
I think you'll find it was your twatty comment that detracted from the original post so please, don't try to blame shift. And I suggest it's you that needs to trot on like a good little boy, I'm sure mummy has a kiss for you.
Yes your right... I will admit your an idiot
Blimey, don't let Kaner see you using "your" when you should be using "you're" - that really will open a can of worms!
Joking aside, a poor response, you really should try harder.
erm... have you even read your reply to the person my original
comment was aimed at....who is the chump now...f*cktard!
...witty reply I think not...
were you a big bully at school, secretly a mummy's boy, but felt the need to show bravado...take a long hard look at your own stupidity before responding to someone else's replies...give it a rest (and stop liking your own posts)...and wasting forum space.
Oh dear, are you still up!?
Of course I read it you fool, I wrote it! His comment, very much like everything you write is pure twattery.
Of course I like my own posts, I write them.
Now, I've got things to do and I'm sure you've got sandals to polish and socks to iron so run along, there's a good lad.
Keep on at this rate and you'll pass that magic '100 posts' by the time you reach puberty...take it offline ...if you feel the need to continue making a fool of yourself....go start a thread somewhere else...
have you read ALL my comments/posts/threads...that's stalking...
You really do have I high opinion of yourself, I called you out, deal with it boy.
I've better things to do with my time than read your shite lad and, quite frankly, I'm beginning to find you tedious.
As for puberty, I doubt very much your balls have dropped given your pathetic childlike yelping.
As for taking it offline, if that was some kind of thinly veiled threat you really have reached the pinnacle of twattery, well done you.
If I've written anything you don't understand do tell me and I'll take the time to school you.
@chrisp1973
You still wasting server space on here?
Slightly less than you. Hurry up fella, you'll be late for school!
Slightly less than you. Hurry up fella, you'll be late for school!
...yawn...anyone else bored with this pish!
any admins can clean this thread up?
Both of you STFU and move on! *pulls both by ears like a 1940's mother angered by sibling rivalry*
Selfies are well last year anyway.
THE most childish squabble in the history of the internet. Well done, chaps.
Yeah, but it's Ireland, they're so far behind everyone else the fact that he's taking a "Selfie" practically makes him a Spaceman or something.
(That should fire things up again nicely...)
Hahaha, I really can't comment, I'm Irish born living on the Isle of Man - mate I haven't even SEEN the internet yet, I'm typing this and sending it to road.cc via telegram! ASCII selfie to follow...;)
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